Right To Education Bill 2009 Sparks Debate

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NEW DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- The Right to education bill 2009 has drawn mixed reactions from the political veterans and education reformists in India. There are some proponents of the bill as well as detractors. K Rosaiah, who is the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has pledged whole hearted support for the bill. The act is being implemented from today and the chief minister spent some time with the officials yesterday to ensure that the act gets implemented effectively throughout the state. The Chief Minister welcomed the introduction of the bill which will make education free and compulsory for the children.

As per the instructions mentioned in the Right to education bill 2009, the school authorities will not be able to refuse admission to a child if he lacks adequate documents. The schools will come under the scrutiny and they will have to provide required infrastructure to the students. The schools have strictly been asked to refrain from imparting emotional and physical violence to the students. However, not every political leader or educationist seems to be as excited as the Andhra Pradesh chief minister.

The Right to education bill 2009 is far from flawless as has been pointed out by some educationists. They think that the bill contains a number of grey areas that may lead to confusion later. Manmohan Singh, the Prime minister of the country will address the nation today to announce the operationalization of the new act. India is going to join the group of countries today that have made education compulsory for children aged 6-14. It will bring 1 crore children who do not attend schools to the orbit of education.